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Arrenurus conicus Piersig 1894

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Arrenurus conicus Piersig, 1894

(Fig. 35)

Material examined: 10 larvae deriving from 10 females.

Larvae medium-sized: idiosoma 190–212 µm long.

Dorsum: Dp relatively small (DpL: 170–194 µm; DpW: 146–170 µm), egg-shaped, widest at about 1/3 distance from anterior margin; distinctly narrowing posteriorly; posterior margin rounded. Antero-lateral indents relatively shallow, obtuse-angled, about 1/5 and 1/4 of Dp length and width, respectively. Microrelief cells elongated. DpW/Mp1-Mp1 5.0. Lp2, Mh1 smooth. Mp1-Mp1 short (30–34 µm), shorter than Mp2-Mp2 (38–46 µm); Mp1-Lp2 intermediate (38–42 µm). Venter: CpIm (68–72 µm) clearly longest, CpIIm shortest (22–28 µm) and CpIIIm intermediate (40–46 µm). CpIm:CpIIm:Cpm ratio 2.8:1:1.7. Setae on Cp smooth, relatively thick and long. C1-CpIm (21–26 µm) identical to or somewhat longer than C4-CpIIIm (21–22 µm). C1-C2 moderately long (40–45 µm). Expp triangular, margins convex, width almost equal to length. Exp located distinctly below plate’s mid-point and slightly below E2. Palps: PIII 1 bipectinate. Chelicerae: First segment cylindrical (73–77 µm), narrowing anteriorly, one margin straight or somewhat concave, other slightly convex. Legs: Somewhat shorter than body; LI<LII <LIII (Fig. 3). ITi7 thick; ITi8 long; IITi8 long, smooth, thin; IITi10, IIITi10 located at centre of tibia; IIITa3 located near centre of tarsus.

Notes

Published as part of Zawal, Andrzej, 2008, Morphological characteristics of water mite larvae of the genus Arrenurus Dugès, 1834, with notes on the phylogeny of the genus and an identification key, pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 1765 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1765.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5123752

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Piersig
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Arrenuridae
Genus
Arrenurus
Species
conicus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Arrenurus conicus Piersig, 1894 sec. Zawal, 2008